Jan 18, 2025  
2015-2016 College of Liberal Arts Catalog (Admitted Fall 2015/Spring 2016) 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home
  Academic Calendar
  About the College
  General Education Requirements
  Academic Policies

  Departments & Programs
  Major & Minor Requirements
  Combined Degree & Special Programs
  Course Descriptions
  About Course Listings

  Administration
  Academic Calendar
  Campus Map

  Undergraduate Admissions
  Costs
  Financial Assistance
  My Portfolio
HELP
2015-2016 College of Liberal Arts Catalog (Admitted Fall 2015/Spring 2016) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

FREN 362 - Fantasy and Reality in French Cinema (1895-present)

4 credits
This course surveys major aesthetic trends and technological events in the history of French cinema, including examples of early actualités, poetic realism, 1960s cinéma vérité and more recently heritage cinema and « cinéma de banlieue ». In addition to weekly screenings, students are introduced to the critical discourse that has informed the field of film studies since the mid-twentieth century. Reading assignments will include texts by André Bazin, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Comolli and more recently Jacques Rancière. Conducted in French. Prerequisite: FREN 304  or FREN 310 . Offered triennially. CLA-Foreign Language, CLA-Breadth/Humanities


Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)